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Elica Le Bon, an attorney and Iranian-American activist, talks about Iran's recent strike on Israel

The author of "The Anxious Generation", Jonathan Haidt, argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media, but libertarians tend to disagree.

Abigail Shrier is author of the best-selling new book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up. She argues that the mental health of Gen Z—people born between 1997 and 2012—is a mess because an infantilizing therapeutic culture pervades every aspect of their lives. 0:00- Why do kids have no interest in growing up? 3:37- Do kids see too many doctors? 4:10- The difference between adult therapy and child therapy 7:48- How many children are in therapy? 9:32- Therapy in K-12 education 13:00- Who is Elizabeth Loftus? 16:35- Has every child been traumatized? 18:05- What is trauma? 20:33- Who is Viktor Frankl? 24:20- The redefinition of trauma 28:20- How to understand what our ancestors experienced? 30:44- Are we delaying adulthood? 32:04- What happened to after school jobs? 34:06- Is social media making kids sad? 37:02- Why do parents surrender authority to experts? 42:36- Are we done with the cult of experts? 48:38- How to be a good parent 50:16- How to fix mental health at school https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/10/abigail-shrier-stop-obsessing-over-our-childrens-happiness --- Shrier stresses that she's not against psychological counseling and help per se, but she believes too many unqualified and misguided people are causing far more problems than they solve. Her previous book was the controversial Irreversible Damage, which looked at the rapid rise of girls identifying as transgender. We talk about the roots of today's therapeutic culture, the extent of the problems it causes, and how parents, teachers, and young people themselves might find a better way forward.

Serial entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale, who founded the Cicero Institute to fix government and University of Austin to fix higher education, wanted space to flourish in Texas.

Psychologist and bestselling author Steven Pinker is one of the leading defenders of academic freedom and liberal values of limited government, secularism, tolerance, and free enterprise.

Podcaster Dave Smith and philosopher Chris Freiman debate open borders on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

How Vietnam, Watergate, and stagflation supercharged the libertarian movement. https://reason.com/podcast/2024/03/20... Few individuals have had a bigger impact on the libertarian movement than David Boaz, the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute. Boaz recently turned 70 and gave a keynote address at LibertyCon, the annual gathering of Students for Liberty, in Washington, D.C. Reason's Nick Gillespie caught up with Boaz to discuss the disarray in the libertarian movement, why he thinks the nonaggression principle and cosmopolitanism form the core of the movement, why libertarians can never seem to take wins when they get them, and whether there's anything to look forward to in a rematch of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Radley Balko debates Coleman Hughes about his recent column arguing that Derek Chauvin may have been wrongly convicted of George Floyd's murder on this latest episode of Just Asking Questions. Subscribe YouTube: http://youtube.com/reasontv Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-asking-questions/id1719355507 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SpySKAH3LuVyxXk0MF7tl Text and links to sources available here: https://reason.com/podcast/2024/03/14/coleman-hughes-vs-radley-balko-whos-right-about-george-floyd 0:00- Summary of Coleman Hughes' and Radley Balko's disagreement about George Floyd's death 2:09- Balko asks Hughes to correct his article 9:27- Hughes' response to Balko 19:27- What is maximum restraint technique (MRT)? 27:20- Derek Chauvin ignored warnings from his colleagues and the surrounding crowd 32:42- Why did Chauvin keep kneeling on Floyd after he went limp? 37:18- Was “The Fall of Minneapolis” a trusthworthy documentary? 47:02- Did Floyd die of positional asphyxia? 1:10:50- Would Hughes change anything if he had to rewrite the article? 1:21:14- The aftermath of George Floyd's death 1:36:00- Is there systemic racism in policing? 1:43:13- How do we hold police officers accountable? 1:51:24- Did Derek Chauvin get a fair trial?

"People are not in politics for truth-seeking reasons," argues the data journalist and author of "On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything." 0:00- The difference between liberals and the left. 11:00- Is progress slowing? 14:57- Is the two-party system dead? 20:00- The future of journalism 27:44- Free speech is in trouble 30:07- Is Biden too old? 35:57- Silver's new book, "On the Edge" 45:00- Questions from the live audience. https://reason.com/podcast/2024/03/06/nate-silver-libertarians-are-the-real-liberals/ __________ Journalist Nate Silver burst onto the national scene in 2008, when he correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states in that year's election, outstripping all other analysts. His former website FiveThirtyEight became a must-visit stop for anyone interested in political forecasting and helped mainstream the concept of "data journalism," which utilizes the same sort of hard-core modeling and probabilistic thinking that helped Silver succeed as a professional poker player and a staffer at the legendary Baseball Prospectus. Reason's Nick Gillespie talked to Silver about the 2024 election, why libertarian defenses of free speech are gaining ground among liberals, his take on the "crisis" in legacy media, and his forthcoming book, "On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything." Photo Credits: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press/Newscom; Sandy Carson/ZUMA Press/Newscom; 157014269 © Ilnur Khisamutdinov

Bryan Johnson, venture capitalist and founder of Blueprint, discusses his $2 million a year effort to reverse aging on Just Asking Questions. Subscribe YouTube: http://youtube.com/reasontv Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-asking-questions/id1719355507 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SpySKAH3LuVyxXk0MF7tl Text and links to sources available here: https://reason.com/podcast/2024/02/27/bryan-johnson-can-this-rich-transhumanist-beat-death 0:00- A day in the life of a transhumanist trying not to die 3:18- How important is our sleep cycle? 8:30- Humanity's imminent "evolutionary transition" 14:02- How close are we to finding the real "Fountain of Youth"? 16:30 - Do genetics trump lifestyle? 22:30- Self-experimentation and scientific progress 24:50- Why Bryan Johnson measures his nighttime boners 35:01- Liz reacts to Bryan Johnson's daily meal plan 48:00 - Coping with the "existential crisis" of AI 1:00:00- In defense of blood boys --- Bryan Johnson made his fortune when he sold his company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million, netting about $300 million for himself. He spends about $2 million a year creating a system to reverse his "biological age." He's 46 years old, chronologically, but claims he's de-aged himself following a program he's branded "the Blueprint protocol." "I wanted to pose the question in this technological age: Can an algorithm, paired with science, in fact, take better care of me than I can myself?" Johnson tells Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions. They talked with Johnson about his daily routine, the results he's published including measurement of his nighttime erections, the transhumanist philosophy he outlines in his free e-book Don't Die, the role that artificial intelligence is likely to play in prolonging human life and health spans, and the value and limitations of self-experimentation in an era of pharmaceutical stagnation. Watch the full conversation on Reason's YouTube channel or on the Just Asking Questions podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, or your preferred podcatcher.

"I'm concerned about a Trump-Biden rematch," argues Riedl. "You have two presidents with two of the worst fiscal records of the past 100 years." reason.com/video _______ You probably already know that the national debt is bigger than our whole economy. But relax, because things can always get worse! And they will, regardless of whether Biden or Trump gets elected in the fall. Each has a proven track record of spending like a drunken sailor and most projections show that debt will grow to between 181 percent and 340 percent of GDP over the next few decades. Reason's Nick Gillespie discussed all of this and more with Brian Riedl, a budget expert at theManhattan Institute. Riedl explains why massive and growing debt is really bad, why reducing it is really hard but really important, and why young people should be really pissed.

The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package as the Biden administration fights Houthis in Yemen without Congressional approval. Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative, talks about the state of U.S. foreign policy on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions. 0:00- Will Russia agree to a ceasefire in 2024? 7:52- What happens if the U.S. stops sending aid to Ukraine? 9:30- What is the connection between border security and foreign aid? 19:36- Is there a new wave of non-interventionists? 27:21- Is Biden still the best candidate that Democrats have for 2024? 39:20- Does Biden have a chip on his shoulder? 41:22- What is Biden doing in Yemen? 53:29- Why has Congress given up its war powers? Subscribe YouTube: http://youtube.com/reasontv Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-asking-questions/id1719355507 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SpySKAH3LuVyxXk0MF7tl Text and links to sources available here: https://reason.com/podcast/2024/02/14/curt-mills-should-america-police-the-world --- "The greatest risk of a Republican administration is a war with Iran, and the greatest risk of a Democratic administration is a war with Russia," says Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative, a magazine for the types of conservatives who are skeptical of foreign military intervention. Mills joined Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions to talk about a $95.3 billion aid package, including $60 billion for Ukraine, that passed the Senate this week, which Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) called a "middle finger to America" during his filibuster of the bill. In this episode, they discuss the bill's passage, Paul's filibuster, Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent interview with Tucker Carlson, the Biden administration's airstrikes against Yemen, and whether or not the surge of foreign policy noninterventionism within the GOP is likely to last past 2024. Watch the full conversation on Reason's YouTube channel or on the Just Asking Questions podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, or your preferred podcatcher.

Congressman Thomas Massie discusses his "no" votes on foreign aid, COVID relief, and labelling anti-Zionism antisemitism on episode two of "Just Asking Questions." Subscribe YouTube: http://youtube.com/reasontv Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-asking-questions/id1719355507 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SpySKAH3LuVyxXk0MF7tl Transcript available here: https://reason.com/podcast/2023/12/13/thomas-massie-why-not-vote-no/ --- 0:50 - Why does renewing Section 702 threaten Americans' privacy? 9:02 - Why does Massie oppose aid for Ukraine? 14:20 - Why did Massie vote against 19 pro-Israel resolutions? 18:10 - Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? 26:12 - What was it like being slammed by Donald Trump for opposing COVID bailouts? 30:08 - Does Congress have any remorse for bad COVID policy? 31:55 - Can we ever tame the national debt?

"When I first heard about the debate [over the origins of COVID-19]…I assumed that the scientists were being honest with us," says Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.). But his mind changed after reading a May 2021 article self-published on Medium by formerNew York Times science journalist Nicholas Wade. "As I began looking at this, the evidence, I think, was very, very strong that it came from a lab." Paul, who has a new book calledDeception: The Great COVID Cover-Up, famously clashed with former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci in multiple Senate hearings over the question of whether his agency funded risky "gain-of-function" research in Wuhan, China, that Paul believes may have resulted in the creation of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Gain-of-function research involves enhancing the transmissibility or deadliness of viruses in human tissue. Fauci denied ever funding such research, telling Paul in July 2021, "You do not know what you're talking about." But Paul tells Reasonthat the evidence that Fauci was lying has been piling up since then. "It's a felony to lie to Congress," says Paul. "It's punishable by up to five years in prison." He referred the matter to Attorney General Merrick Garland for criminal prosecution but says he's received no reply. "It is a huge cover-up [by] not just Anthony Fauci, but throughout government, eight different departments of government," says Paul. "The [National Institutes of Health] is more secretive at this point than the CIA." Paul has introduced multiple bills and amendments to cut public funding for gain-of-function research, to reform how the federal government funds scientific research,and to prohibit government officials from meeting with social media companies for the purpose of censoring legal speech. "If Twitter wants to censor me or YouTube wants to take my speech down because I say masks don't work, that is their prerogative," says Paul. "But I do think that a consistent libertarian position is telling the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], [President Joe] Biden's spokesmen…that they can't be meeting on a weekly basis with either overt or implied threats of, 'You need to do this or else.'" Watch the full interview on Reason's YouTube channel.

Javier Milei, the firebrand libertarian candidate for Argentina's presidency, surprised the world with a first-place finish in the primaries this August. But in a run-off election this weekend, he finished second behind Peronist candidate Sergio Massa, Argentina's current Minister of Economy. Neither candidate passed the threshold needed to become the next president, and they will have a head-to-head rematch on November 12. So does Milei still have a chance? Why did Argentina's markets falter after Milei came out ahead this summer? And why are Massa's allies in the government handing out money to voters? JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe this Thursday at 1p.m. Eastern time onReason's YouTube channel or Facebook page to discuss these questions and more with Marcos Falcone a political scientist, project manager at Argentina's Fundación Libertad, and podcast host.

"Despite clear interests on almost all sides against a regional war [in the Middle East], all sides are acting in a manner that makes such a war increasingly likely," writes Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, in an October 15 article calling for the Biden administration to push for "de-escalation" between Israel and Hamas. He says that although the Biden administration is "well aware" of "escalation risks" that might lead to a broader regional war, talk of de-escalation remains off-limits. The Huffington Post reports that it has obtained State Department memos instructing employees to avoid terms like "de-escalation/ceasefire," "end to violence/bloodshed," and "restoring calm" in press materials and statements. But is de-escalation even feasible after Hamas slaughtered Israeli civilians and continues to hold close to 200 hostages? How should Israel respond to the worst terrorist attack in its history? What can U.S. policymakers do to make the prospect of a bigger war less likely? JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe for a live discussion of these questions and more with Trita Parsi this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Reason's YouTube channel or Facebook page. Sources referenced in this conversation: Trita Parsi: “Biden refuses to talk ceasefire even though it could prevent a regional war,” Oct. 15, 2023 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/biden-ceasefire-israel-gaza/ HuffPo: “Stunning State Department Memo Warns Diplomats: No Gaza ‘De-Escalation’ Talk,” Oct. 13, 2023 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-internal-emails-gaza-israel_n_65296395e4b0a304ff6ff95d?ykm Axios: “Iran warns Israel through UN against ground offensive in Gaza,” Oct. 14, 2023 https://www.axios.com/2023/10/14/iran-warning-israel-hezbollah-hamas-war-gaza Reuters: “Iran says ‘pre-emptive action’ by resistance front expected in coming hours,” Oct. 16, 2023 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-preemptive-action-by-resistance-front-expected-coming-hours-2023-10-16/ Reuters: “Talks fail to let aid reach Gaza; Israel evacuates Lebanon border,” Oct. 16, 2023 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-border-crossing-set-reopen-israeli-troops-prepare-ground-assault-2023-10-15/ NYT: “Biden is expected to request $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other crises,” Oct. 18, 2023

Gas Cars vs. Electric Cars ---------- The Manhattan Institute's Mark Mills and InOrbis CEO Rosario Fortugno debate the resolution, "Between now and 2035, electric vehicles in the consumer market will disappoint environmentalists by remaining a product bought mainly by the well-heeled minority." Taking the affirmative is Mills, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, a faculty fellow at Northwestern University's engineering school, and a partner in Montrose Lane, an energy-tech venture fund. He is author of the book The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s. Taking the negative is Fortugno, the CEO of InOrbis, a company that works to develop technologies for electric vehicle fleet management, autonomous vehicles, and machine learning. He blogs at ApplyingAI.comon the topics of free markets, electric vehicle adoption, and the benefits of artificial intelligence.

"The first thing smart militants do is recognize that civilian attacks are a recipe for political failure," writes Max Abrahms, a political science professor at Northeastern University and author of Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History, a lengthy study of terrorism and insurgency. "You might say that the first rule for rebels is to not use terrorism at all." It's for this reason that Abrahms believes that Hamas' brutal attack on Israeli civilians is not only immoral but "a major strategic mistake" for the Palestinian cause. Abrahms traveled to the West Bank shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks amid a wave of Palestinian terrorism known as the "Second Intifada." What he found became the subject of his dissertation. While a previous influential study had concluded that Palestinian terrorism often resulted in "success" in achieving "significant territorial concessions," what Abrahms discovered by talking with Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank is that the terrorism "eroded support for territorial concessions while creating support for a fence" and likely blocked the possibility of independent statehood. JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Reason's YouTube channel or Facebook page for a live discussion with Abrahms about how the lessons of his work apply to the current Israel-Hamas war, what is likely to happen to Gaza in the short- and long-term, and what the role of the U.S. should and shouldn't be in the conflict. Source material for this discussion: Times of Israel: “Egypt intelligence official says Israel ignored repeated warnings of ‘something big’” https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-intelligence-official-says-israel-ignored-repeated-warnings-of-something-big/ WSJ: Iran helped Hamas plot attack over several weeks - https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25 Congressional Research Service Report, 2021: Total US aid to Israel - https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222/44 Congressional Research Service Report, Total US aid to Palestine (over $6.3 billion since 1950): https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46344/3 Biden provides half a billion in aid to Palestine: https://www.state.gov/u-s-support-for-the-palestinian-people/ “UNICEF estimates that there are roughly 1 million children living in the Gaza Strip, meaning that a little under half of all 2.1 million people in Gaza are children.” “But the blockade also tightly limits Palestinians’ access to basic supplies and food staples, and the U.N. estimates that it has cost the territory’s economy as much as $16.7 billion over 11 years.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/14/gaza-strip-history-geography/ Newsweek: Iran admits to providing Hamas with ‘skills’ to carry out attacks https://www.newsweek.com/iran-admits-providing-palestinian-fighters-skills-israel-attacks-hamas-gaza-1833795 Thomas Chatterton Williams tweet: https://x.com/thomaschattwill/status/1712147866427248784?s=20 The total blockade of Gaza announced by the Defence Minister of Israel, Yoav Gallant, October 9, 2023 https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/no-electricity-no-food-no-fuel-israels-defense-minister-orders-total-blockade-on-gaza/ar-AA1hUWWZ CNN: Mustafa Barghouti, Leader of Palestinian National Initiative on Israel in Gaza, Oct. 8, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/07/mustafa-barghouti-palestinian-national-initiative-hamas-attack-israel.cnn Ron Paul speaks to House of Representatives in opposition to a bill condemning bombings of Israel, Dec. 5, 2001 - https://www.c-span.org/video/?167636-1/house-session

"We have made the difficult decision to block access to our site in Mississippi and Virginia, as we have also recently done in Utah," reads a June 30 statement from Pornhub, the world's second-most trafficked porn site and the thirteenth most trafficked site overall. Pornhub was reacting to the passage of age-verification laws passed in those three states. Similar laws have passed in Louisiana, Texas, Montana, and Arkansas, leading Politico to declare that "A Simple Law is Doing the Impossible. It's Making the Porn Industry Retreat." The industry is fighting back, however, and won a preliminary injunction against Texas' law. JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Reason's YouTube channel or Facebook page as they discuss the anti-porn laws with sex worker and data scientist Aella. They'll also talk about the psychological literature examining online porn consumption, the privacy implications of age verification laws, and a recent debate Aella attended hosted by the Free Press and FIREabout the effects of "the sexual revolution" on American society. PornHub statement on new age verification laws, June 30, 2023: https://twitter.com/Pornhub/status/1674774396773318658 Reason: In Scathing Rulings, Federal Courts Block Arkansas and Texas Age Verification Laws, September 1, 2023: https://reason.com/2023/09/01/in-scathing-rulings-federal-courts-block-arkansas-and-texas-age-verification-laws/ Preliminary injunction in NetChoice v. Griffin (Arkansas social media law): https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GRIFFIN-NETCHOICE-GRANTED.pdf Preliminary injunction in Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero (TX porn law): https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gov.uscourts.txwd_.1172751222.36.0-1.pdf Politico: A Simple Law Is Doing the Impossible. It’s Making the Online Porn Industry Retreat: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/08/age-law-online-porn-00110148 Aella: Women prefer more violent porn - https://aella.substack.com/p/women-prefer-more-violent-porn-and U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee: U.S. Marriage rate 1900-2018 - https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2020/4/marriage-rate-blog-test SimilarWeb: PornHub monthly traffic and rankings: https://www.similarweb.com/website/pornhub.com/#overview Skeptic: How Porn is Messing with Your Manhood: https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/how-porn-is-messing-with-your-manhood/

How to battle identity politics and defend liberal values of universalism, free speech, and open inquiry reason.com/video ________ My guest today is Johns Hopkins professor Yascha Mounk, the founder of the online magazine Persuasion and the author of the important new book The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time. The Identity Trap explains how identity politics and social justice discourse have come to dominate contemporary discussions of just about everything, analyzes their negative influence on society, and shows how to confront and defeat them in the name of liberal values of free expression and open inquiry. Yascha was a prime mover behind the 2020 open letter on "justice and open debate" in Harper's magazine and is one of the most powerful defenders of free speech and the marketplace of ideas at work today. This interview took place at the Reason Speakeasy, a live, unscripted monthly conversation held in New York City with outspoken defenders of free speech and heterodox thinking. Go here for information about upcoming events.

The Swedish government's decision to forgo lockdowns as most of Europe, Asia, and North America's political leaders forcibly closed businesses and schools in the early days of the pandemic became one of the most controversial COVID policies of 2020. The New York Times in April 2020 designated Sweden "the world's cautionary tale," and President Donald Trump proclaimed that "Sweden is paying heavily for its decision not to lockdown" as an early wave of COVID deaths hit Sweden harder than its Nordic neighbors. But to Swedish officials, "it looked like it was other countries that were engaging in a dangerous experiment," writes Cato Institute senior fellow Johan Norberg in a policy paper entitled "Sweden during the pandemic: Pariah or paragon?" The attacks on Sweden's laissez-faire approach were short-sighted, says Norberg. Today, Sweden's COVID-19 death rate is not an outlier, and its excess death rate from 2020 to the present is the lowest in Europe. In a retrospective report on the country's pandemic response, Sweden's public health officials say that they should have more aggressively protected senior citizens and tested and quarantined travelers from COVID hotspots in those early days, but consider the focus on public health recommendations that people can "follow voluntarily" over coercive lockdowns was "fundamentally correct." Norberg also points out that Sweden avoided the economic contraction that its neighboring countries suffered, as well as the learning loss experienced in countries that closed schools for months or even years. JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe for an in-depth discussion with Norberg about the lessons to draw from Sweden's pandemic policies this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Reason's YouTube channel or on Facebook. Sources referenced in this conversation: Johan Norberg: Sweden during the pandemic https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/sweden-during-pandemic Trump: Sweden is “paying heavily” for not locking down - April 30, 2020 https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1255825648448348161 NYT: Sweden has become the world’s cautionary tale - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/business/sweden-economy-coronavirus.html Sweden’s Corona Commission: https://coronakommissionen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/summary_20220225.pdf Imperial College report on COVID-19 mitigation: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-26-COVID19-Report-12.pdf Trump on Sweden, White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, April 7, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpaaOXZbKXY Bernie Sanders: U.S. should look more like Scandanavia, May 3, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0u2FH5Bnk Anders Tegnell talks on herd immunity on BBC HARDtalk, May 19, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biqq34aUJcQ

Historian Erika Dyck wants to document the deep roots of and battles over LSD, psilocybin, and other psychoactive substances. https://reason.com/video/2023/09/13/the-secret-history-of-psychedelics/ __________ Erika Dyck is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who studies the history of psychedelics with a special interest in the legacy of Humphry Osmond, the British-born psychiatrist who coined the term pyschedelic, gave Aldous Huxley his first dose of mescaline, and conducted pathbreaking work using LSD to help alcoholics stop drinking. Among Osmond's best-known patients was Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Reason sat down with Dyck at the MAPS Psychedelic Science 2023 conference held in Denver this June, where a reported 13,000 people gathered to talk about all aspects of today's psychedelic renaissance. We talked about why drugs such as MDMA, psilocybin, and LSD are making a comeback; how tensions are rising between indigenous people and medical practitioners; and whether prohibitionists have finally lost the war on drugs. Music: "Life's Journey Begins" by idokay via Artlist

California Community Colleges' new teaching standards "mandate viewpoint conformity" and "compel professors to teach and preach the State's perspective," according to a lawsuit called Palsgaard v. Christian, filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE. JoinReason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion with Jessie Appleby, an attorney with FIRE, and Bill Blanken, a chemistry professor at Reedley College in California and plaintiff who says the standards advanced by the state's community college board amount to "compelled speech" in the classroom. They'll discuss the details of the case, dive into the proposed changes in the classroom, discuss the origins of the "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) standards that pervade academia and the corporate world, and examine FIRE's other case against Florida's Stop WOKE Act, which prohibits the kind of classroom instruction that California's new standards compel. Sources: Palsgaard v. Christian complaint - https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/palsgaard-v-christian-verified-complaint California Community Colleges DEI curriculum model principles: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/palsgaard-v-christian-dei-curriculum-model-principles FIRE: The Academic Mind in 2022 - https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/academic-mind-2022-what-faculty-think-about-free-expression-and-academic-freedom Tema Okun: Dismantling White Supremacy Culture - https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/uploads/4/3/5/7/43579015/okun_-_white_sup_culture.pdf The Intercept: Tema Okun on Her Mythical Paper on White Supremacy: https://theintercept.com/2023/02/03/deconstructed-tema-okun-white-supremacy/

According to U.S. mainstream media, Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is a right-wing populist. Does that characterization stand up to scrutiny? Watch the full replay of Zach Weissmueller's conversation with Argentine economist Eduardo Marty and Guatemalan libertarian activist Gloria Álvarez: youtube.com/watch?v=W8MeyFRv16o

Self-described libertarian Javier Milei surprised the world in Argentina's presidential open primary election last week by finishing first with 30 percent of the vote ahead of candidates for the country's dominant left- and right-wing parties. Milei, the figurehead for La Libertad Avanza party is an Austrian economist and has called himself an anarchocapitalist and made a name for his fiery media appearances excoriating Argentina's "political caste" of "parasites." He's pledged to end the Argentina's central bank and dollarize the economy, privatize its social services, cut taxes, create education vouchers and abolish the health, education and environmental ministries. His opponents and many in the media have repeatedly described him as "far right" and "a new Trump." Latin American political analyst Daniel Raisbeck, on the other hand, paints a more nuanced picture and warns pundits not to "confuse Javier Milei with Jair Bolsanaro." Join Reason's Zach Weissmueller this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a conversation with author and radio and TV host Gloria Alvarez and Argentine economist Eduardo Marty to discuss the election, Milei's chances of victory in a country experiencing triple digit inflation, the culture war he's fighting in Argentina, and what his rise says for the prospects of libertarian ideas in Latin America. Watch the stream on Reason's YouTube channel or on Facebook. Sources referenced in this conversation: Argentina 2023 Primary Results: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-argentina-election/ WaPo: Who is Javier Milei, Argentina's right-wing presidential front-runner? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/14/javier-milei-argentina-presidential-election/ Opina Argentina: Libertarians make inroads in Argentina—https://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=462085029&subtopic_1 Milei: My alignment with Trump and Bolsonaro is almost natural—https://www.infobae.com/politica/2021/09/29/la-entrevista-de-javier-milei-a-la-prensa-de-brasil-mi-alineamiento-con-bolsonaro-y-trump-es-casi-natural/ Bloomberg: Milei's proposals for Argentina—https://www.infobae.com/politica/2021/09/29/la-entrevista-de-javier-milei-a-la-prensa-de-brasil-mi-alineamiento-con-bolsonaro-y-trump-es-casi-natural/ El Pais: What's in Javier Milei's head? https://elpais.com/argentina/2023-08-15/que-tiene-javier-milei-en-la-cabeza.html Daniel Raisbeck: Argentina should dollarize pronto—https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/argentina-should-dollarize-pronto